2016年8月20日 星期六

Eero Saarinen (1910-1961)

Happy birthday to Eero Saarinen (1910-1961)! The renowned architect studied at the Yale School of Architecture and designed numerous buildings on the Yale campus. In this photo, from the Eero Saarinen Collection held by Manuscripts & Archives, Saarinen views his models of residential colleges Morse and Ezra Stiles. Learn more about Yale Library’s Manuscripts & Archives here: http://web.library.yale.edu/mssa

Corridors on the Yorktown Heights buildings designed by Eero Saarinen.Photo by George Cserna, 1961

Yorktown Heights
The Yorktown Heights building, situated on private land not generally accessible to the public, is a large crescent-shaped structure consisting of three levels by 40 aisles. The lowest level is partially underground in some areas toward the shorter side of the crescent, which also leads to the employee parking lots. A large overhang protrudes from the front entryway of the building, and faces the visitor parking lot (See Map of Yorktown Heights Center in the External Links section). The building houses a library, an auditorium and a cafeteria.Hawthorne